Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Bible References

Bone

Job 30:30

“My skin falls from me in blackened flakes,
And my bones are burned with fever.
Job 33:19

“Man is also disciplined with pain on his bed,
And with unceasing complaint in his bones,
Psalm 22:14

I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint.
My heart is like wax;
It is melted [by anguish] within me.
Psalm 32:3

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away
Through my groaning all the day long.
Psalm 38:3

There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.
Psalm 102:3

For my days have vanished in smoke,
And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
Lamentations 4:8

Their appearance is [now] blacker than soot [because of the prolonged famine];
They are not recognized in the streets;
Their skin clings to their bones;
It is withered, and it has become [dry] like wood.

And i am

Job 2:4
Satan answered the Lord, “Skin for skin! Yes, a man will give all he has for his life.
Job 7:5

“My body is clothed with worms and a crust of dust;
My skin is hardened [and broken and loathsome], and [breaks out and] runs.
Lamentations 3:4

He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away;
He has shattered my bones.
Lamentations 5:10

Our skin is as hot as [the heat of] an oven
Because of the burning heat of [the fever of] famine.